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· Application · 02/12/2025
Nova Scotia Power filed an ELCC Study Scope Memo proposing three focus areas for an updated capacity value study under the 2023 Evergreen IRP proceeding
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- NS Power's February 6, 2025 memo (M11307) proposes a scope of work for an updated Integrated Resource Plan Effective Load Carrying Capability (ELCC) study, fulfilling a commitment made in response to NSUARB IR-02 in the 10-Year System Outlook (M11764).
- The proposed study has three focus areas: (1) interactive diversity effects among wind, solar, battery energy storage, and demand response; (2) updated ELCC values for Nova Scotia Power and Efficiency One demand response programs (CPP and TVP) using current measured results rather than prior generic proxies; and (3) seasonal Summer ELCC contributions for solar, wind, hydro, and storage resources to improve accuracy of NPCC Summer Reliability Assessments.
- The Board's May 23, 2024 Decision in M11307 identified battery Energy Storage ELCC profiles as a critical modeling input and directed further study of incremental diversity benefits from renewable resource interactions, directly motivating this filing.
- NS Power notes that prior ELCC work only covered two resource combinations (wind & batteries; solar & batteries), and that current Nova Scotia-specific DR programs did not exist at the time of the last study, making updated program-specific values necessary.
- Stakeholders are invited to provide written feedback on the proposed scope by February 21, 2025.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 96745 Effective Load Carrying Capacity (ELCC) Study Scope Memo